Moral Rhetoric and the Criminalisation of Squatting

Vulnerable Demons?
Herausgeber: Fox O'Mahony, Lorna; Hickey, Robin; O'Mahony, David

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of critical essays considers the criminalisation of squatting from a range of different theoretical, policy and practice perspectives. While the practice of squatting has long been criminalised in some jurisdictions, the last few years have witnessed the emergence of a newly constituted political concern with unlawful occupation of land. With initiatives to address the 'threat' of squatting sweeping across Europe, the offence of squatting in a residential building was created in England in 2012. This development, which has attracted a large measure of media attention, has been widely regarded as a controversial policy departure, with many commentators, Parliamentarians, and professional organisations arguing that its support is premised on misunderstandings of the current law and a precarious evidence-base concerning the nature and prevalence of 'squatting'. Moral Rhetoric and the Criminalisation of Squatting explores the significance of measures to criminalise squatting for squatters, owners and communities. The book also interrogates wider themes that draw on political philosophy, social policy, criminal justice and the nature of ownership, to consider how the assimilation of squatting to a contemporary punitive turn is shaping the political, social, legal and moral landscapes of property, housing and crime.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9780415740616
• ISBN-10: 0415740614
• Artikelnr.: 40581982

Autorenporträt

Lorna Fox O'Mahony and David O'Mahony are based at the University of Essex. Robin Hickey is based at Queen's Univerity, Belfast.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Criminalising squatting: setting an agenda Lorna Fox
O'Mahony, David O'Mahony and Robin Hickey, Part I. The state: critical
perspectives on criminalisation in the neo-liberal state 1. The Political
Economy of Trespass: Re-visiting Marxist Analysis of the Law's Response to
Squatting Neil Cobb, 2. Crime as property: a restorative perspective on the
criminalisation of squatting and the 'ownership' of unlawful occupation
David O'Mahony and Lorna Fox O'Mahony, 3. Criminalisation of Squatting:
Scottish Lessons? Bonnie Holligan, Part II. The squatter: vulnerability,
lifestyle, protest and political rhetoric 4. The Role of Rhetoric in the
Criminalisation of Squatting Theodora Middleton, 5. The criminalisation of
squatting: discourses, moral panics and resistances in the Netherlands and
England & Wales Deanna Daduscand ETC Dee, 6. Criminalising the poor:
squatting, homelessness, and social welfare Kesia Reeve, Part III. The land
owner: protecting property and adverse possession 7. A property law
critique of the criminalisation of squatting Robin Hickey, 8. Adverse
Possession: Relativity to Absolutism Emma Waring, 9. The changing
architectures of adverse possession and a political aesthetics of squatting
Lucy Finchett-Maddock, 10. Conclusions - Developing critical perspectives
on the criminalisation of squatting Lorna Fox O'Mahony, David O'Mahony and
Robin Hickey